Title 12 — Conservation
21 chapters · 371 sections in this title.
12 V.I.C. § 1144 Net metering; availability
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(a) A utility shall offer net metering as set forth in this subchapter. The aggregate capacity of the net metering offered must not exceed 5 mega watts on the island of St. Croix and must not exceed 10 mega watts collectively on the islands of St. Thomas and St. John and Water Is…
12 V.I.C. § 1145 Net metering safety standards
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(a) A net metering system used by a customer-generator must meet all applicable safety and power quality standards established by:(1) The National Electric Code;(2) Underwriter's Laboratories, UL 1741;(3) The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, IEEE-929 and IEEE-154…
12 V.I.C. § 1146 Billing
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(a) The billing period for net metering may be either a monthly period, a quarterly, semi-annual or annual period as determined by the billing cycle of the Utility. (b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the net energy measurement must be calculated…
12 V.I.C. § 1147 Utilization of renewable technologies by electric utility
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(a) The utility shall develop a plan to minimize dependence on one fuel source and to ensure that the electric energy it sells to consumers is generated using a diverse range of fuels and technologies where feasible and cost effective, including renewable technologies. (b) Each e…
12 V.I.C. § 1148 Interconnection
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Interconnection, as it relates to this subchapter, must be done in accordance with the Utility’s adopted interconnection procedures. The Commission may take such action as is necessary to enforce this section.
12 V.I.C. § 1149 Expiration of program
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The net metering program expires January 1, 2025, for a customer-generator that has a generating capacity larger than 10 kilowatts residential.
12 V.I.C. § 1151 General goals of program
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(a) In order to achieve the purposes of this chapter, the Director shall conduct programs for energy research, development, demonstration and commercial application with the general goals of-(1) increasing the efficiency of all energy intensive sectors through conservation and im…
12 V.I.C. § 1152 Reliance upon renewable energy technologies
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(a) The peak demanded generating capacity of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority must be derived from technologies utilizing renewable energy as defined in section 1101(f) of this title and as follows: 20% by January 1, 2015; 25% by January 1, 2020; and 30% by January 1,…
12 V.I.C. § 1153 Updating of Comprehensive Energy Plan of the Virgin Islands
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(a) The Governor of the Virgin Islands shall facilitate the establishment of the “Comprehensive Energy Plan of the Virgin Islands” as required by 48 U.S.C. 1492, in conjunction with the Secretary of [the] Interior and the United States Secretary of Energy. (b) The Virgin Islands …
12 V.I.C. § 1154 Declaration of findings and policy
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The Legislature declares that it is in the public interest to develop and expand solar and wind energy systems to meet the present and future energy needs of the Virgin Islands. The owner of a solar or wind energy system would be permitted to negotiate for assurance of the contin…
12 V.I.C. § 1155 Definitions
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(a) “Solar or Wind Energy Systems” means any system that converts, stores, collects protects, or distributes the energy of the sun or wind into mechanical, chemical or electrical energy to provide power generation for the heating of water, the heating of cooling of buildings or o…
12 V.I.C. § 1156 Prohibited conveyances for solar and wind systems
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(a) Any covenant, condition, or restriction contained in any deed, contract, mortgage, security instrument, or other instrument pertaining to a conveyance, sale or transfer of real property or interest therein which prohibits or unreasonably limits the installation or use of a so…
12 V.I.C. § 1157 Energy system height limitation
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Notwithstanding the provisions of title 29 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 3, a tower used in a solar or wind energy system is limited in height only by regulations for small wind energy system and by FAA regulations for utility scale energy systems.
12 V.I.C. § 1161 Short title
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This subchapter may be cited as “The Feed-in Tariff Act”.
12 V.I.C. § 1162 Purpose
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(1) The purpose of the Tariff established in section 1164 is to:(1) Allow all Virgin Islanders the opportunity to participate in renewable energy generation by requiring that the Utility purchase such energy at a fair and reasonable price;(2) Authorize the Commission to determine…
12 V.I.C. § 1163 Definitions
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(a) As used in this subchapter:(a) “Adequate renewable energy development” means a rate of development necessary to accomplish the renewable energy objectives and standards in title 12 V.I.C., chapter 23.(b) “Avoided costs” means the incremental costs to an electric utility of el…
12 V.I.C. § 1164 Tariff established
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A tariff is established when a qualified owner enters into a power purchase agreement with the utility for renewable energy generation projects through grid interconnection. The utility purchases actual electrical energy generated by qualified owners’ projects at a percentage dis…
12 V.I.C. § 1165 Tariff, commission action
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(a) Authority to offer tariff. No later than sixty days after the effective date of this subchapter, the Utility shall file for Commission approval a tariff and a proposed Power Purchase Agreement consistent with this section. The Commission within sixty days after receipt, shall…
12 V.I.C. § 1166 Limitations on aggregate renewable energy
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(a) A Utility shall enter into power purchase agreements pursuant to this subchapter with owners of renewable electricity generators until such time as the aggregate amount of renewable electricity generated or to be generated in that district by renewable electricity generators …
12 V.I.C. § 1167 Meter installation and cost recovery
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(a) Meter installation. The utility shall supply, at no cost to the qualified owner, a meter or such other properly calibrated and tested device, as is needed to monitor and record the amount of power, in kilowatt hours, generated by the renewable electricity generator and delive…
12 V.I.C. § 1168 Alternative energy systems as chattel or real property
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no renewable electricity system, whether affixed to structures or improvements on real property or otherwise, may be deemed to be real property or a fixture of real property, and therefore may be conveyed or encumbered only as are other i…